Chapter 1205: Mentality Collapsed
Liuguang Realm King Shui Qianheng walked in slowly, without any fluctuation of profound energy, yet an overwhelming aura pressed directly onto everyone's hearts and souls.
Behind him followed a young man—none other than the Liuguang ninety-ninth young master Shui Yinghen, whom Yun Che had met and exchanged a few words with just today.
What kind of figure was Shui Qianheng? His arrival was an absolutely enormous shock to everyone from the Yin Xue Realm. With his status, coming here could only be for Shui Meiyin. Only Shui Meiyin could make this Liuguang Realm King, whose mere footstep made the Eastern Divine Region tremble, personally set foot into a temporary residence of a middle-rank star realm.
"Li… Liuguang Realm King, with your personal presence, Yin Xue is deeply honored. But… is it for your daughter?" Mu Huanzhi, the highest seniority in Yin Xue Realm, stepped forward and asked cautiously.
Shui Qianheng gave a slight nod as acknowledgment. He swept his gaze across the room and saw Shui Meiyin standing intimately beside the tense Yun Che. His brows furrowed sharply. Then he looked at Shui Yingyue, whose expression was unusually grim, and sank his voice to ask, "What happened?"
Shui Yingyue suppressed her emotions, shot a meaningful glance at Shui Meiyin, and said with a soft reprimand, "Mei'er, Father came here personally because he was worried about you. You should return with us right away!"
"Father, I'm fine." Shui Meiyin's smile was radiant. "I just wasn't paying attention to you earlier because I was thinking very seriously about something. Oh, by the way, Father, Ninety-Ninth Brother, let me tell you something. I've already decided…"
"Mei'er!" Shui Yingyue was alarmed, but Shui Meiyin completely ignored her interruption and continued on her own, "I want to marry Brother Yun Che."
*Thump!*
Shui Yinghen's body jolted violently, and his head bumped into his father's back.
Shui Qianheng froze, his eyes widening slightly: "What did you say?"
"Father!" Shui Yingyue said urgently. "Mei'er is just playing around for a moment…"
"I'm not playing around at all!" Shui Meiyin immediately corrected her, her small face solemn. "This is a decision I made very seriously!"
Mu Huanzhi's body shrank back, and everyone else cautiously stepped backward, not daring to breathe loudly. Even with their backsides, they could tell that when Shui Qianheng heard this, he would be absolutely furious—one Buddha ascending to heaven, another Buddha rising to the sky.
Sure enough, Shui Qianheng's face twisted heavily, and both his brows began to tremble. He wanted to vent his anger but couldn't bear to do so at Shui Meiyin. He could only suppress his rage and scold her, "Nonsense! This is utter nonsense! What foolish words are you saying? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at? Come back with me immediately!"
"Eh? Why would people laugh at me?" Shui Meiyin tilted her head. "I've found someone I want to marry. This is a very happy and wonderful thing. Shouldn't Father be happy for me?"
Yun Che: "..."
Shui Yingyue: "..."
Shui Yinghen: (⊙?⊙)
"You…" If there were no outsiders, it would be one thing, but here, a bunch of Yin Xue Realm people were watching. His own daughter was insisting on marrying someone from a middle-rank star realm. Even he, the dignified Liuguang Realm King, felt his old face burning… What the hell was going on?!
"Father, why do you look so angry? Could it be… you disagree?" Shui Meiyin's gaze shifted slightly, looking pitiful and pitiable.
"Of course I disagree! This is just nonsense, nonsense!" No matter how hard the Liuguang Realm King tried to suppress his anger, his tone was still three parts heavier.
"Hmm…" Shui Meiyin showed disappointment, but then immediately smiled again. "It's okay. After all, this is my own matter. Father can't control it."
"How can I not control it!" Shui Qianheng said heavily. "I don't bother with those useless brothers of yours, but yours and your sister's lifelong matters must be decided by me! You… stop fooling around and come back with me at once!"
A certain useless brother: "…" (What does it have to do with me!)
Shui Qianheng had never shown an angry expression in front of Shui Meiyin before. His current appearance made Shui Meiyin pause for a moment, but her starry eyes became even more resolute, and she seemed a bit angry herself. "Father, how can you be like this! When I was very young, Mother told me that in the future, whom I want to marry is something only I can decide. Not even Mother or Father can interfere. Why are you completely different from Mother!"
"You… what does your mother know!" When Shui Meiyin mentioned her mother, Shui Qianheng's voice clearly weakened a few notches.
"Mother also said that who to marry is one of the most important matters in a woman's life. We cannot be forced, we cannot force ourselves. If one day we meet someone we admire, someone we want to see every day, someone we want to be with forever, we must bravely say it out loud, and then work hard to marry them, so that we can be happy for life."
"Mother also said that back then, she admired Father, and then bravely and diligently married Father. That's how she had me and Sister, and has been happy ever since… So, was Mother wrong to marry Father? Doesn't Father want me to be as happy as Mother?"
"…" Shui Qianheng opened his mouth but was left momentarily speechless. He shifted his gaze and immediately vented his anger onto Yun Che, his voice suddenly harsh, "You wretched boy! What kind of love potion have you fed my daughter!?"
"Liuguang Realm King, please calm down!" Yun Che quickly waved his hands and said urgently, "Today, my soul power clashed with the princess's. Since it was extremely intense, it might have caused some slight mental trauma to the princess, which is why…"
"Liuguang Realm King, Yun Che is right." Mu Bingyun spoke up. "The soul power clash between them today was extremely fierce, as you witnessed. When Yun Che made his last-ditch counterattack and won, it's very likely that some lingering soul imprint was left in the princess's heart and mind. It should pass after some time."
Yun Che nodded like a chick pecking rice. He was also convinced that this was definitely the reason. Otherwise, no matter what, Shui Meiyin shouldn't have reacted like this… bringing her sister along to beat him up would have been normal.
"It's not that!" Before the Liuguang Realm King could respond, Shui Meiyin shook her head very firmly in denial. She turned her face to look at Yun Che, her eyes suddenly sparkling like embedded diamonds, radiating exceptionally brilliant light. "Yesterday, Brother Yun Che's battle with Brother Leng Chuan was so amazing, so impressive. So many times, I thought Brother Yun Che would definitely lose, but then he suddenly became even stronger, and even Father and Grandpa Zhoutian got so excited… At that moment, my eyes could only see Brother Yun Che. I couldn't see Brother Leng Chuan anymore, and my heart started beating really, really fast."
"…" Watching his own daughter looking at Yun Che with infatuation, eyes hazy, voice like drifting catkins, the Liuguang Realm King was first stunned, then felt his scalp tighten.
Shui Yingyue's lips also parted unconsciously. Only now did she realize that the situation was far more serious than they had imagined… far, far more serious.
"Thinking about how I would fight Brother Yun Che today, I was happy all day yesterday. When I was on my way to the Feng Shen Platform today, I saw Brother Yun Che and suddenly really wanted to get close to him. While talking to him, my heart suddenly felt very happy and satisfied, completely different from previous happiness… Today, I thought very hard all day, and finally I understood. This must be the feeling Mother talked about!"
"…" Yun Che's mouth twitched. Th-this… i-is she j-just joking!?
Could it be… that my magnificent performance yesterday had unintentionally stirred this girl's pure heart?
Another disaster caused by my excessively strong, excessively outstanding, excessively dazzling personal charm!?
Wait, wait! No… no way! This situation… The Liuguang Realm King is going to tear me apart!
"Enough!!" At this moment, Shui Qianheng's heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys were all jumping erratically. He wasn't just irritable and aggrieved; he felt almost as if he were suffering more than death itself.
His daughter, the pride of his life as the Liuguang Realm King, the one he wished he could hold in the palm of his hand every moment, was actually infatuated with a middle-rank star realm… oh no, a brat from the lower realm!
His daughter, universally recognized as the number one heavenly pride and divine maiden of this generation in the Eastern Divine Region, the one for whom even the Zhoutian Realm King had personally come to recruit as his disciple only to be refused, was actually going to throw herself at a brat from a middle-rank star realm!!
"Mei'er," Shui Qianheng's scalp twitched, flames shooting from his eyes, "listen to me. The one who can match you can only be the most outstanding man in this world. In my eyes, even Luo Changsheng isn't good enough for you! And this brat… even if he were ten thousand times better, he wouldn't be worthy of a single strand of your hair! You're still young and don't understand anything. You'll only truly know who is most suitable for you when you grow up!"
But Shui Meiyin puffed up her cheeks and said defiantly, "Brother Yun Che isn't as bad as Father says. In the future… he might even become more powerful than Father."
Shui Qianheng nearly blew a lung… Seeing Shui Meiyin's expression, she was actually getting angry and dissatisfied at his belittling of Yun Che—she was already beginning to defend him!
He couldn't vent his anger at Shui Meiyin, so his belly full of frustration and rage was all directed at Yun Che: "Yun Che… good, you little brat…"
Before Shui Qianheng could do anything, Shui Meiyin flickered and firmly stood in front of Yun Che, shielding him. "Father, what… what do you think you're doing! Brother Yun Che is my future husband, your son-in-law! You cannot harm him, you cannot even yell at him, or else… I'll be angry!"
"!#$%^&…" Shui Qianheng nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood on the spot.
"Uh… ah… well, Fairy Meiyin, can I say a few words?" Yun Che finally spoke up… The situation had spiraled out of control to this degree. Even the dignified Liuguang Realm King was almost collapsing. If he didn't do something, he might really be finished.
If the Liuguang Realm King were truly enraged enough to attack him to eliminate future trouble, no one here could stop him.
"Brother Yun Che, just call me Mei'er." Shui Meiyin turned around, looking at him with a beaming smile, her cheeks soft and pink. The way she looked at him clearly carried a bit of the joy and closeness one would show to their own husband.
The Liuguang Realm King's brows twitched, but he didn't interrupt. His gaze was unusually hard, clearly warning him: This started because of you. If you can't fix it, you're dead!
"Uh, well, it's like this. Regarding your wish to marry me… it might… be a bit different from what you imagine." Yun Che chose his words with extreme caution, speaking slowly and as tactfully as possible.
"Ah?" Shui Meiyin blinked. "Could it be… that Brother Yun Che doesn't like me?"
"No, no, of course not." Yun Che quickly waved his hands. It wasn't that he feared hurting Shui Meiyin's feelings, but rather… if he dared to say he didn't like Shui Meiyin, Shui Qianheng would absolutely fly into a rage: How dare you not like my daughter!?
Of course, he also absolutely couldn't say he liked Shui Meiyin, or else Shui Qianheng would be equally furious:
How dare you be worthy of liking my daughter!?
"Actually, it's like this. You see… you should know that my origin is very humble. I come from a very distant, very remote, very low-level planet. And before coming to the God Realm, I was actually… already married."
"Ah?" Shui Meiyin's lips parted, and her expression clearly changed.
Yun Che continued, "Moreover, I don't just have one wife. I have three. If you were to really marry me, you would only… well… be able to be… a concubine, something like that. With your supremely noble status, that is absolutely, positively not acceptable. So…"
"That's fine!" Yun Che was completely stunned by what Shui Meiyin said next, and she was smiling… seeming quite happy?
"My father has a total of one hundred and seventy-three wives, and my mother is the youngest one, yet she is also the most favored by Father. If I could be Brother Yun Che's concubine, I would definitely be his most favored as well… This is wonderful!"
Yun Che's mouth hung wide open, dumbfounded.
Shui Qianheng slapped a hand onto his own face.